Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

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Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

LONDON: Captain Tom Moore, who became a national hero in Britain later raising more 33 million pounds (The states$40 million) for health workers in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is to exist knighted by Queen Elizabeth on Fri, Buckingham Palace said.

The Globe War Ii veteran raised the record sum for the National Wellness Service by painstakingly completing 100 laps of his garden with the aid of a walking frame in Apr.

The following month it was announced he would go "Sir Tom" later a special nomination from Prime number Government minister Boris Johnson.

Although other investitures have been postponed considering of the coronavirus, Buckingham Palace said the anniversary would take place on Friday at Windsor Castle where the 94-year-old monarch has been sheltering during the COVID-19 pandemic with her husband Prince Philip, 99.

The palace said the ceremony would accept place in private with Moore accompanied past members of his family.

"I hope she's not very heavy handed with the sword," Moore quipped when the knighthood was announced. The palace said the queen would be using a sword which belonged to her father, George Vi.

Elizabeth made her first public appearance terminal month since a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March, but she has delivered a number of rallying messages to the nation and appeared in video briefing calls with care workers and members of the military.

The knighthood bestowed on Moore is his latest honour, having been made an honorary colonel and an honorary member of the England cricket team for his 100th birthday.

(Reporting past Michael Holden; Editing by Alison Williams)

Queen to knight record-breaking UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday

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